2013 has been a banner year for Covered Writes. The market is up big and this bullish strategy has been like an ATM machine. The S and P’s have climbed from the 1400 level to its current peak around 1800. That’s an increase of over 25%! What are your expectations for the rest of 2013? How about 2014? Maybe you are still bullish, but you would like to have a little less exposure on the downside in 2014? If you did 4 covered writes per month in 2013, maybe you’d like to cut back a bit and take a little capital off the table? How can I diversify my covered write risk? One way is to have a few covered writes for the downside to diversify my exposure in my retirement portfolio. Most stocks are in the upper end of their 12-24 month price range. I will show you an example of a covered write type strategy for the downside that doesn’t involve stock. This will keep the cost and margin down significantly. Before I give an example for the downside, let me give an example of a covered write and Long Diagonal for the upside to lay […]